Based on raw material, furniture is classified in following categories:

Wood furniture
Wood furniture is the most common type of furniture and includes specific variants of wood such as bamboo, ash, birch, maple, pine, redwood, fir, teak, rosewood, walnut, redwood. To make furniture lustrous, smooth, colorful, and rich different finishes are applied, such as wax, oil, lacquer, lamination, vanish, polyurethane, and shellac. Wood furniture is known for intricate designs and durability.

Wrought Iron furniture
Wrought Iron furniture is extremely durable and therefore in high demand. Wrought Iron is spray-painted, or powder-coated for finishing. Other finishing types include antique straw, mocha, chestnut brown, gold, white, and black powder coating. Wrought iron furniture is known for most beautiful designs and have high market value.

Plastic furniture
Plastic furniture are lightweight, portable, handy, and rust proof. Most common type of plastic furniture includes stool, table and chair in a range of sizes and shapes.

Steel Furniture
Steel Furniture is strong, durable, rust free, heat and fire resistant and available in myriad style, sizes, and finishing.

Stone furniture
Stone furniture includes furniture items made of marble, sandstone, granite, and soapstone. They are famous for their durability, longevity and beauty. Kitchen table tops are mostly made in granite.

Silver furniture
Silver furniture have high ornamental value and come in variety of designs, finishing, carving and patterns. Silver furniture is considered as high-class and can be seen in hotels, restaurants and other commercial places.

Leather furniture
Leather furniture is the most comfortable type of furniture. It comes in both cheap (leatherite, rexine) and expensive variety, and hence increasing its affordability.

Antique furniture
Antique furniture has high value because of its age, rarity, and creativity; and is much sought after collectible item.